Wednesdayites Q & A - Number Two

For the second of our pre-season question and answer sessions with Vital Sheffield Wednesday members, mick66owl remembers the glory days...

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1. How did you get in to supporting Wednesday and what was your first match?

I was born into it, all my family are blue and white mad mostly my two uncles who took us every away game in the good old days in the late 70's. But my dad took me to my 1st match, he hated football but took me anyhow. Shrewsbury, we lost 1-0 - sign of things to come hey.

2. What's your favourite ever Owls match?

Really hard choice this I have narrowed it down to four - Boxing Day Massacre 1979, had to walk from High Green to Hillsborough and back, don't think I've ever recovered from that walk.

League Cup Final 1991 against the Mancs, what a great day that was.

Play-off final at Cardiff up and down sort of day but the atmosphere in and around the stadium will live with me forever.

But the winner must be it should have been 10-1 win against the Blunts in the semi at Wembley, just seeing them piglets tears was enough.

3. And your favourite ever player in the blue and white?

There's been so many, Curran, Bannister, Hirst, Sheridan, Des Walker. But one stands out a country mile god himself CHRIS WADDLE. His donkey gesture to David Burrows was probably the best game I've ever seen an individual have at Hillsborough.

4. What about your best ever Owls XI during your time supporting Wednesday?

Oh, be fair Mick, Leeds have a lot to look back on with pride.. Tomas Brolin, getting walloped by us 6-2, firing one of the finest managers ever to grace the planet in Brian Clough, Admiral sock tags, Bowyer and Woodgate's night on the town, Bremner punching Keegan in the Charity Shield, the 'fair play' of Giles and Hunter, Ridsdale's excellent financial management.. ah, what memories.